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IIULM'AN. Corset Steel Fastening. No. 236,862. ,Patentedlan. 18,188l.

ATTORNEYS PETERS F m'O-LIIHOGRAPHEH, WASHINGTON. D, C-

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' am/ BY m UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISADOR ULMAN, OF SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.

CORSET-STEEL FASTENING.

- SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 236,862, dated January 18, 1881.

Application filed August 12, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISADOR ULMAN, of Santa Cruz, in the county of Santa Cruz and State of California, have invented new and Improved Corset-Steel Fastenings, of which the follow ing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new device for fastening steelsnsed in corsetfronts.

The inventionconsists of a pair of steels, one of which is provided with a series of trans- I verse plates having a catch on one end and an eye in the opposite end, while the other steel is provided with corresponding transverse plates having ajlongue on one end to engage in the opposite ditch and an eye on the other end.

Figure l is a perspective view of a corset with the improved steel-fastenings attached. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of one of the steels, with a part of the improved fastenings in position. Fig. 3 is a.front elevation of the opposite steel, with a part of the improved fastenings in position. Fig. 4 is a transverse section across the two connected steels. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of one of the plates.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a corset provided on either side of its front opening with eyelets a a.

B B, respectively, represent the corsetsteels. On the steel B are fastened, by rivets or other suitable device, the transverse plates 0 O, which are provided 'on one end with tongues b, that have semicircular and laterally-extending tips 0, while on the opposite end the plates 0 O are'drawn out and bent into downward-projecting eyes d, that extend beyond the edge of the steel B. On the steel B are fastened, by'rivets or other suitable device, the plates C O, which are provided on one end with two elevated and inwardly-bent points, that form a catch, f,while the opposite end of said plates 0 C have eyes 9 g, fashioned in the same manner as the eyes of the opposite plates 0 G. The said steels B B are secured in place by passing the eyes d g, respectively, through the eyelets a a of the corset A, and thrusting through each series of eyes (1 g, respectively, a wire or rod, D, as shown, said wires or rods D being provided with heads or guards h to prevent their slipping through the eyes 01 g. The plates 0 O are made as flat as possible, and lie as closely as may be upon the steels B B, so that they will not wear through superimposed garments, as do the raised buttons or clasps that are ordinarily used on corsets. These steels B B are readily removed, when the corset is to be washed or when the steels become broken. by simply withdrawing the rods D, whereby much time and labor is saved over the usual method of ripping rows of stitches for the removal of the corset-steels.

These steels and fastenings B B G O can be used on any kind or shape of corset, whether woven or sewed, and be attached or detached in a moment; and in cases where the said steels B Brest on the corset-whalebones they give the corset a better shape and keep said steels from breaking.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v As anew article of manufucture, the corsetsteel fastenings constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of plates 0 C, that have severally tongues b, with laterally-extended tips 0, and eyes 01, and catches f and eyes g, said plates being secured transversely on the corset-steels, as set 'forth.

ISADOB ULMAN.

Witnesses:

W. H. DUKE, J. H. BAILEY. 

